Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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A filler between the structural floor slab and the finish floor.
Same as escutcheon.
consisting of common floor joists,cross bridging, solid bridging,and other members which provide support for flooring.
See floor-type heater.
Wood furring strips fixed to a subfloor to provide clearance for piping or conduit laid directly on the subfloor.
A groove in a floor or surface mounted hardware on the floor,used to guide a sliding door.
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A stirrup.
A hinged panel unit which provides access through a floor.
Same as floor closer.
According to OSHA:any opening measuring less than 12 in.(30.5 cm) but more than 1 in. (2.5 cm) in its least dimension in any floor,roof,or platform through which materials but not persons may fall,such as a belt hold,pipe opening,or slot opening.
A joint between the sides of boards or planks which are continuous from end to end.
Any joist which carries a floor.
A window in the floor which transmits light to the room below it;of heavy glass,designed to support the normal floor loads.
A line,or series of short lines,as on a wall,establishing the level of the finish floor.
See building paper.
The live load for which a floor of a building has been designed,and which may be applied safely;usually expressed as a uniformly distributed load,except where there are concentrations of heavy machinery.
See base shoe.
According to OSHA: an opening measuring 12 in. (30.5 cm) or more in its least dimension in any floor,roof,or platform,through which persons may fall.
Same as floor receptacle.
A prefabricated unit consisting of flooring,subflooring,and reinforcing joists;supported by columns,walls,or beams.
A recess below a floor which provides access to parts beneath a machine,as an elevator pit.
A drawing;a horizontal section taken above a floor to show,diagrammatically,the enclosing walls of a building,its doors and windows,and the arrangement of its interior spaces.
1.A flat metal plate which is set in a floor;usually provided with slots into which equipment can be fastened.2.A steel plate having a raised pattern which provides a nonslip wearing surface.
See floor receptacle.
A stage pocket set into a theater stage floor.
In an electric circuit,a receptacle which is mounted in an outlet box,set flush with the floor.
A sealer,1 in liquid form when applied,which seals the pores of a floor surface such as cement or wood.
A structural slab serving as a floor;usually of reinforced concrete.Also see slab.
A hollow metal tube which penetrates,and is set into,a floor.
Same as floor receptacle.
A device attached to a doorframe jamb to hold the bottom of the frame above the finished floor level.
A doorstop which is set into the floor.
Same as bridging.
The grinding or sanding of a floor surface to provide a clean,level surface.
1.The system of structural components which separate the stories of a building.2.In a building,the structural floor assembly between the beams and girders.
1.A resilient material such as asphalt,vinyl-asbestos,rubber,vinyl,cork,or linoleum manufactured in modular units;laid on a floor as the finish flooring.2.Structural tile units for floor and roof slab construction.
In a burglar alarm system,a device which includes a thread or very thin electrical conductor which extends across a floor space that activates an alarm when moved or broken.
A heavy canvas used as carpeting;may be decorated.
Any material used as the finish surface of a floor,such as boards,bricks,planks,or tile.
One of many closely-fitting pieces of wood used in laying a floor;often the wood pieces are of different colors,forming a decorative pattern.
A dense,hard brick that is especially resistant to heavy surface wear.
Same as Keene’s cement.
A steel nail with a mechanically deformed shank,often helically threaded,having a countersunk or casing head and a blunt diamond point.
A handsaw which tapers to a point,with teeth on its upper edge as well as along the bottom;used for cutting holes in wood floors.
See strip flooring.
See floor tile.
See underlayment.
See flow cone.
Same as moist room.
Said of a surface which has received a light surface treatment of asphalt,without a mineral cover.
